Still Work To Be Done

Manchester United 0 - Besiktas 1
Scorer
Besiktas: Tello (20)

Team: Foster, Brown, Vidic, Neville, Rafael (Evra 75), Anderson, Gibson (Carrick 75), Park (Owen 69), Obertan, Welbeck, Macheda

It's all gone abit south the last couple of games in the Champions League. We've qualified and Ferguson is justified to field a less than stellar lineup today, opting to blood some of the younger players.

For much of the first half, we were pretty damn awesome and had it not been some poor finishing, we could have given a very ordinary looking Besiktas a good hiding. Yet totally against the run of play, Beskitas took the lead with a long distance shot that Foster really could have done better. His footwork prior to the goal left much to be desired.

We spent the remainder of the half literally parked in the opponent's half. Our play was enterprising and really should have yielded some reward.

The standard of play went dramatically down in the second half. We were still the far superior team, but the final ball was lacking. In the end, Besiktas held on to the victory and we're left with another game against Wolfsburg to secure the top spot in the group.

As for the lads, Obertan impressed me massively. He's dribbling and speed reminded me of a Portugese who left us recently. The crucial thing missing from his game is the final pass to a teammate and his goal scoring. I don't know if he'd tease us like how Nani has done, but I can't wait to see more of him. Slowly but surely he has to be making inroads into Ferguson's plans. Definitely a player to watch out for the future, if not the present.

Before I end this post, I'd just like to share a video clip that had me in stitches for the past week.